Apple
Operations Manufacturing Design PhD Internships
United States · Internship · Posted May 21, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering, material science, industrial engineering, or a related field.
About the job
An Operations Manufacturing Design PhD intern helps develop, validate, and scale manufacturing processes, quality systems, tooling, and operational projects for Apple products and supplier production.
What you'll do
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, and inspection or measurement systems with product teams and suppliers.
- Create and implement product quality plans, validate measurement methods, and drive supplier quality improvements and corrective actions.
- Lead cross-functional operations initiatives addressing quality, cost, and labor.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering, material science, industrial engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on manufacturing environment experience.
- Experience developing quality plans, validating test methods and gauges, and driving corrective actions or failure analysis.
- At internship end, must return to school or have the internship be the last requirement to graduate.
Nice to have
- Experience with mechanical enclosures, injection molding, tooling, fixtures, or high-volume quality manufacturing; geometric dimension and tolerance; statistics; materials properties; or design of experiment principles.
- Periodic domestic and overseas travel availability; strong interpersonal, written, verbal, and executive presentation skills.
Tools
design of experiments, root cause analysis, statistical process control, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, injection molding
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